{"title":"Jonathan White","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonathan White\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts insightful explorations at the intersection of \u003cem\u003epolitics\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ecurrent affairs\u003c\/em\u003e, and the natural world. His works offer thoughtful reflections on contemporary challenges, inviting readers to consider long-term perspectives and the subtle connections between society and environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom meditative journeys through landscapes to detailed examinations of policy and nature, White's writing blends eloquence with sharp observation. 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What happens to democracy when the future seems no longer open?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this eye-opening history of ideas, Jonathan White investigates how politics has long been directed by shifting visions of the future, from the birth of ideologies in the nineteenth century to Cold War secrecy and the excesses of the neoliberal age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs an inescapable sense of disaster defines our politics, White argues that a political commitment to the long-term may be the best way to safeguard democracy. 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Over ten years, White conducted interviews, gathered in this collection, with the writers, scientists, and environmentalists who gathered on board to explore our relationship to the wild.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhite describes the conversations as the roots of an integrated community: \"While at first these roots may not appear to be linked, a closer look reveals that they are sustained in common ground.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeloved fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin discusses the nature of language, microbiologist Lynn Margulis contemplates Darwin's career and the many meanings of evolution, and anthropologist Richard Nelson sifts through the spiritual life of Alaska's native people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRounding out the group are writers Gretel Ehrlich, Paul Shepard, and Peter Matthiessen, conservationists Roger Payne and David Brower, theologian Matthew Fox, activist Janet McCloud, Jungian analyst James Hillman, poet Gary Snyder, and ecologist Dolores LaChapelle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy identifying the common link between these conversations, \u003ci\u003eTalking on the Water\u003c\/i\u003e takes us on a journey in search of a deeper understanding of ourselves and the environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46998647505132,"sku":"9781595347862","price":49.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27927173482755.jpg?v=1763224345"},{"product_id":"in-the-long-run-by-jonathan-white-9781800812321","title":"In the Long Run","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExhilarating\u003c\/em\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A profound meditation on how and why democracy must keep its faith in the future and the future must keep its faith in democracy' David Runciman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDemocracy is future-oriented and self-correcting: today's problems can be solved, we are told, in tomorrow's elections. 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